No — Christians in the Age of Grace are not under the same covenants as Israel.
Les Feldick teaches that Israel was God's covenant people, but the church is not in a covenant relationship. Believers today are members of the Body of Christ, under grace rather than under Israel's covenants. The New Covenant is promised to the house of Israel and Judah, not to the church, though Christians enjoy the benefits of what God accomplished to fulfill it.
Exodus 19:5-6 — This is the covenant context Les points to when he says Israel was offered the position of a kingdom of priests.
Jeremiah 31:31-32 — God explicitly says the new covenant will be made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Romans 9:4 — Paul lists the covenants as one of the privileges that belongs to Israel.
Ephesians 2:12-13 — Paul says Gentiles were strangers from the covenants of promise and were brought near by Christ's blood, not by covenants.
Romans 6:14 — Paul states believers are not under the law but under grace.
Scripture repeatedly attaches the covenants to the nation of Israel. In Romans 9:4 the Apostle Paul lists the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises as things belonging to Israel. Jeremiah 31:31-32 announces a new covenant God will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. And Ephesians 2:12 says that before Christ, Gentile believers were 'aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise.' The Old Testament covenant relationship begins at Exodus 19, where God offered Israel the position of a kingdom of priests if they kept His covenant.
Les Feldick teaches emphatically that church-age believers are not under any of the covenants God made with Israel. He says, 'you and I as church age believers are not under any kind of a covenant' [Clip 5]. Rather than a covenant relationship, he describes believers as 'members of the Body of Christ' with Christ as Head [Clip 1]. Les acknowledges that Christians enjoy the benefits of everything God did to fulfill His covenant with Israel—the cross, the resurrection, the coming of the Holy Spirit—but he insists that is not a covenant relationship [Clip 1].
Yes. Paul explicitly says the covenants belong to Israel in Romans 9:4. Jeremiah 31:31-32 names the house of Israel and the house of Judah as the parties of the New Covenant. Ephesians 2:12 describes Gentiles as 'strangers from the covenants of promise' before Christ. The Bible's own association of the covenants is with Israel.
Les says if he reads his Bible in plain English, the idea that the church is under the New Covenant cannot fly, because 'to whom is God going to make this New Covenant? Israel! And no one but' [Clip 6]. He repeats that God is going to make a New Covenant with the house of Israel [Clip 1]. Christians are enjoying the benefits of what God did to fulfill that covenant, but they are not in a covenant relationship.
Les points to Ephesians 2 and says, 'in Christ Jesus, you who sometime far off as Gentiles were then, are made nigh, that is to God, not by the Law, not by the covenants, but by the blood of Christ, the finished work of the cross' [Clip 3]. This matches Paul's teaching that Gentiles were strangers to the covenants but are now made nigh by Christ's blood [Ephesians 2:12-13].
Les says believers are not under Israel's legalistic system—the priesthood, sacrifices, and the law. 'We're under grace, and that's as different as daylight is from dark' [Clip 4]. He applies Romans 6 to this: believers are not under the law but under grace, and the question of continuing in sin is answered with 'God forbid' [Clip 4].
Early Jewish Believers Still Under Covenant Economy
Les shows that in Acts, Peter and John were still under the law and the covenant economy—they had no concept yet of the grace of God revealed later.
No Covenant Relationship, But Body of Christ
Les says we cannot be in a covenant God makes with Israel; we enjoy the benefits of the cross and resurrection but are members of the Body of Christ, not covenant partners.
Jewish Believers Under Covenant Promises
Les explains that the Jewish believers in early Acts, like John the Baptist's followers and Pentecost saints, were under the covenant promises—not yet Christians saved by the gospel of grace.
Gentiles Made Nigh by Christ's Blood, Not Covenants
Les says Gentiles were once far off but are made nigh to God by the blood of Christ, not by the Law or covenants.
Under Grace, Not Under the Legal System
Les says believers are not under Israel's legalistic system, priesthood, and sacrifices; we are under grace, which is totally different.
Church-Age Believers Are Not Under Any Covenant
Les states plainly that church-age believers are not under any kind of covenant, even though covenant theology says otherwise.
New Covenant Made Only With Israel
Les argues from Jeremiah 31:31 that the New Covenant is made with Israel and no one but; the plain reading of Scripture rules out the church being under it.
The Body of Christ Is Not Under Law or Associated With Israel
Les says the body of Christ is called out not under law, not associated with Israel, Judaism, or the temple—it is wholly an operation of grace.
Exodus 19:5-6: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
This is the covenant context Les references when he says Israel was offered to be a kingdom of priests.
Jeremiah 31:31: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
God explicitly names Israel and Judah as the recipients of the New Covenant.
Jeremiah 31:32: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
The New Covenant is contrasted with the Mosaic covenant made at the Exodus.
Romans 9:4: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Paul lists the covenants as one of the privileges that belongs to Israel.
Ephesians 2:12: That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Gentiles were outsiders to Israel's covenants before Christ.
Ephesians 2:13: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
The nearness of Gentile believers comes through Christ's blood, not through covenants.
Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Believers in this age are under grace, not under the law.
No. Les says the New Covenant is made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah; believers in the Age of Grace are not in a covenant relationship. Christians enjoy the benefits of what God did to fulfill that covenant, but they are not party to it [Clips 1, 6].
Les says Christians are not under the legalistic system that Israel was under, but under grace. He does not mean license; when Paul asks if we should sin because we are not under law but under grace, Les answers with Paul's 'God forbid' [Clip 4].
Les says those Jewish believers under the covenant promises, including Pentecost believers, cannot be called Christians in the Pauline sense because they had not been saved according to the gospel of grace that Paul later preached [Clip 2].
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